Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOG) Hits New 52-Week High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOG) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $147.60 and last traded at $147.46, with a volume of 3454 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $147.03.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF Stock Down 0.4%

The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $139.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $131.42. The company has a market cap of $997.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.94 and a beta of 1.06.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 4.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 52,272 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,587,000 after buying an additional 2,272 shares during the period. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 1,700.0% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 576 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,000 after acquiring an additional 544 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 21,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,471,000 after acquiring an additional 119 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $84,000. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF by 6.4% in the second quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 9,186 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,051,000 after acquiring an additional 550 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF (VIOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Small Cap 600 Growth index, a market-cap-weighted index of US small-cap companies characterized by strong growth factors. VIOG was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.